TO DO:

• Let me know if you would be interested in hosting a PE teacher candidate for the fall term. She is a student in the George Fox cohort. Thanks!

THIS AND THAT:

• This will be the second-to-last TRIBE update for this year.  I will not send out an update on the last week of classes.
• I wanted to leave you this year thinking about next year.  Specifically, I want you to consider attending (and bringing a team from your school would be even better) the Taking It Up training on August 13 – 14. Taking a look at our personal bias’ can be a bit hard to swallow, but not doing so is worse. At May’s Leadership meeting we asked school teams to consider/identify student learning gaps. I would further ask you to consider if/how staff bias’ can subtly contribute to such gaps. Although not connected to the Taking It Up training, I thought this Project Implicit website offers the opportunity for you to identify some of your “thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control” by taking a quick 10-minute test. I was a bit surprised by the results from the test that I chose to take. Taking a survey such as this might be a way for you to introduce (or dive deeper into) personal bias with your staff.
• Here is a copy of the 2018-19 certified employee work calendar. Feel free to communicate this now with your teachers and/or in the fall upon their return. Let me know if you have any questions regarding these days.
• Principals, I have completed your Summative Eval for the year.  During my May visit with you, we were able to discuss your self-reflection – thank you. You should now be able to view your Summative in Talent Ed.  (I have used “form sharing” with you, but have not hit “save & submit” yet as I wanted you to have the opportunity to read through it first and provide me any feedback you might have.) Please complete your year-end SLGG and then we can begin exchanging signatures on various eval forms.

REMINDERS:

• Leadership BBQ will be Monday, June 18 at noon here at the Ed Center. This will involve food and a short meeting.